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Show BRITAIN REVEALS RU5SUHT E R M S Text of Agreement Sent to Moscow Is Published in London. LONDON. Jan. 2b. (By The Associated Asso-ciated Press. The terms of the British-Russian preliminary agreement. which Leonid Krassln, the soviet representative, rep-resentative, has taken to Moscow for consideration officially have been made public The most important terms follow: Ea-h party agrees to refrain from hostile notion or propaganda outside i Its borderfe nirrilnst (ho other Institutions. Institu-tions. The soviet agrees to refrain from any encouragement of Asiatic peoples to action Against British ln-itereata, ln-itereata, especially In Asia Minor, Par- Isla. Afghanistan and India-I India-I British Hiihjo ts In Russia said Russians Rus-sians In ;rai Britain will be permit-1 ted to retum to their homes If thaj 10 doslre. Each agre n not to Impose any form Of blockade against the other or any discriminations against trade not Imposed on other foreign countries. Ships In the other's har-ibors har-ibors shall receive the treatment usually usual-ly accorded foreign merchant ships hy commercial nations. i. in i ro of sea mim s The ojfruinent provides for the clearance of mines frrnii the Baltic sen and the approach to Russia and the exchajiar0 of information regarding mines. It provides for the admission to both countries of persons appointed appoint-ed to carry out the agreement, with tin- right to restrict them to spei Ifled arras and the exclusion of an who ail persona non grata and also free communication and exemption from taxation. A renewal of telegraphic and postal facilities. Including parcel post, will bo arranged. ?reat Britain agrees to refrain from attaching any gold securities or commodities, com-modities, not identifiable as British property, which may be exported from ECuaala as payment for imports or securities se-curities for iament. and to retrain, a.s well, from legislation against the importation of specie or bullion from Runs Is and from requisitioning such. IOLATION 1 TKR.MS The preamble sct.s forth that the agreament is peooavary "pending the conclusion of u formal general treaty between these governments when hy their economic and political relations shall be regulated in the future " The agreement shall continue In force until the treaty Is arranged, except ex-cept that either may after a year give six months" notice of lis termination. Infringement by either government frees the otT from Its oldtgatlons. but th. aejgTll v.l party shall give the other n I .'i.i e opportunity of explaining ex-plaining or remedying the default. The government recognizes in principle prin-ciple that it is liable to pay compensation compensa-tion to private persons who have supplied sup-plied goods or services to Russia- All claims of either government or Its nationals na-tionals against the other in respect to obligations incurred by existing or for-i nier governments shall be equitably 5 ill with by the treaty. |